Founders

Sonal Tambe

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Brings over 15 years of experience in the entire lifecycle of product development from semiconductor to the end user device. Sonal performed various leadership roles at consumer electronics, wireless and semiconductor companies such as Apple and Marvell semiconductors. She also contributed to the marketing strategy for St. Jude Medical’s remote monitoring products. She has a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from India and an MBA from UCLA. Sonal has been instrumental in bringing NimbleHeart from concept to reality by thorough team building, product development, clinical trial management, fund raising and business development.

Dr. Pramod Deshmukh, MD

Co-founder and Clinical Advisor

He is an Electrophysiologist with over 20 years of experience specializing in cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Deshmukh is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York. He practices cardiovascular surgeries at Guthrie Medical Group. He got his degree from University of Bombay in India and did his residency at New York and at Derby, England. He received fellowships in Electrophysiology and Cardiology from Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. His clinical and research publication interests include Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Ablation, Heart Failures and Implantable Device therapy. Dr. Deshmukh is passionate about bringing long-term arrythmia and ischemia monitoring to at-risk population. He has shaped the conception and the definition of NimbleHeart product.

Dr. Todd Schlegel, MD

Physician Scientist

After serving 20+ years at NASA as a physician-scientist, Todd has been designing software technologies such as advanced ECG ("A-ECG", see https://aecg.ch) designed to better detect and prevent cardiovascular problems in astronauts. Todd brings the vision of future generation of ECG devices to NimbleHeart.

Sreeram Dhurjaty, PhD

Medical Device Architecture Consultant

With 30+ years of experience and a member on AAMI standards committee for ECG, USA “Ram” brings his FDA experience in addition to innovative electrical design methods to NimbleHeart.

Prof. Lakshman Tamil, PhD

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Quality of Life Technology Laboratories at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA

His research is focused in the areas of telemedicine, cognitive support tools for healthcare, sleep apnea and sleep quality assessment, and early detection of heart attack. Prof. Lakshman brings software algorithm design perspective to NimbleHeart in addition to a strong understanding of the related mobile healthcare industries.

Steven J. Keteyian, PhD

Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Steven Keteyian, PhD. PhD, FAACVPR is the director of Preventive Cardiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan and the board member of American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Steven has more than 35 years of experience working in the field of clinical exercise physiology, ECG telemetry and guideline-based care.

Corporate Advisors

Ashok Jain

NimbleHeart Investor (Partner at Co-Creation Capital) and on the board of Barco medical imaging

Sandesh Kirkire

NimbleHeart Investor

After about 25 years of experience in financial services including his last role as the CEO of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Ltd., India, he is now an Angel investor working with startups, with an Impact Investment Fund and in academics. Sandesh brings top class network including Indian investors and clinicians to NimbleHeart along with the overall perspective of Indian market.